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Grand Craft Bend: Craft Kitchen & Brewery’s Funny Business

Come for the beer and BBQ, stay for the experimental comedy
Avatar photo by Brian Yaeger

G rand Craft Bend podcast talks to Courtney Stevens, co-owner of Bend’s Craft Kitchen & Brewery about launching the brewpub with her husband, Mark, and hosting tons of events including open-mic stand-up comedy, where Courtney sometimes performs her own material. Listen now: Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Grand Craft Bend: Craft Kitchen & Brewery

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Best Locals’ Hangout

Crux Fermentation Project
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Tourists are everywhere in Bend. During the summer, it can be hard for even the most longtime locals to find a sanctuary of peace. While Crux Fermentation Project definitely welcomes tourists to its fine establishment, locals love it, too. Whether at Crux’s inside bar or in the giant outdoor space—featuring cornhole, music and more—you can […]

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Beast Mode

Sticking near Bend, but busting a multi-sport day for the regular Joe
David Sword

Want to accomplish an Instagram-able day off? Need to challenge yourself and impress your friends and loved ones? Consider taking three of your favorite Central Oregon sporting pastimes and pulling an outdoor trifecta. Beast Mode days are a great way to expand the boundaries of what a “day’s worth” of activities can include. The Intel: […]

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Party It Up at the Brewery

Anniversaries and concerts go into overdrive
Kevin Gifford

It’s not exactly a surprise that every summer in Bend is packed with beer-oriented events. It’s an outdoors kind of town, and there’s something enticing about knocking off a pale ale or two while enjoying the scenery by the river. (It’s arguably just as much fun to curl up by the fire and enjoy a […]

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Festivals of All Kinds

Beer Wars and Brewfest cap off a busy summer
Kevin Gifford

The paddleboard’s been paddled, the lake swum in, the trail hiked, an unduly large number of food-stall dumplings consumed; now it’s time to cap off the summer with some beer. Summer is always a busy time for craft enthusiasts, but over the years, Bendites have seen the second half of August turn into an unofficial […]

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Best Way to Ruin Your Workout

Follow this guide to total gluttony, Central Oregon style
Dana Bartus

Imagine you just finished the best workout of your life. Maybe you broke a personal record; maybe it was your best friend’s record. Doesn’t matter. What matters is that you are past the point of caring about fitness goals and are ready to indulge in everything your personal trainer would shun you for wanting. Then […]

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The Sun, a Dog and a Cold One

Where to drink outdoors now that the heat’s back on
Kevin Gifford

The signs of the warm part of the season are just starting to come into focus: Blossoming trees, tightrope walkers in Drake Park, a precipitous rise in out-of-state license plates, and, of course, back patios region-wide filled with people, barbecue, and drinks. Crux Fermentation Project has undoubtedly led the brigade with the refurbishments it’s done […]

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